Description of problem: mysql cannot read ssl certificates unless written in /var/lib/mysql dir. (I suppose that the correct place for certificates is /etc/pki/tls) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): selinux-policy-2.2.38-1.fc5 mysql-server-5.0.21-2.FC5.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enable ssl in mysql 2. Start the daemon 3. Actual results: The certificate and private key are not read. Expected results: mysql can read the files Additional info: # ls -Z /etc/pki/tls/certs/mysql.crt -rw-r--r-- root mysql user_u:object_r:cert_t /etc/pki/tls/certs/mysql.crt # mysql.log 60519 15:34:11 mysqld started Error when connection to server using SSL:3086448336:error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission denied:bss_file.c:349:fopen('/etc/pki/tls/certs/mysql.crt','r') 3086448336:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system lib:bss_file.c:351: 3086448336:error:140AD002:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file:system lib:ssl_rsa.c:470: Unable to get certificate from '/etc/pki/tls/certs/mysql.crt' # audit.log type=AVC msg=audit(1148045501.180:1638): avc: denied { search } for pid=8252 comm="mysqld" name="pki" dev=dm-2 ino=1198246 scontext=user_u:system_r:mysqld_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:object_r:cert_t:s0 tclass=dir type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1148045501.180:1638): arch=40000003 syscall=5 success=no exit=-13 a0=9776e83 a1=8000 a2=1b6 a3=9799af8 items=1 pid=8252 auid=603 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 comm="mysqld" exe="/usr/libexec/mysqld" type=CWD msg=audit(1148045501.180:1638): cwd="/" type=PATH msg=audit(1148045501.180:1638): item=0 name="/etc/pki/tls/certs/mysql.crt" flags=10
Fixed in selinux-policy-2.2.42-2.fc5